Baling-press



(No Model.)

J. W. HUNTER.

BALING PRESS.

,046. Patented July 2, 1889.

l m E l @vih/leon eo @WQ a UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOIIN \VILLIAM IIUN"ER, OF MACON, MISSISSIPPI.

BALING- PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 406,046, dated July 2, 1889.

Application filed December 3l, 1888. Serial No. 294,990. (No model.)

.To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLIAM IIUN- TER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Macon, in the county of Noxubee and State ot' Mississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ealing-Presses, of which the following' is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in baling-presses 5 and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side view of a press constructed in accordance with iny invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section; and Fig. 3 is detail view in perspective of the re-enforcing plates forming the connection between the power-lever and the pitinan. Fig. i is a detail perspective view of the end ot' the power-lever.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the traine Ot' the press provided with an open rear end and having its sides open in their rear portion. The baling-chainber B is provided at a proper point of the frame and has a feed-opening C in its top, through which the hay is fed into said chamber. The sides of the baling-chainber are provided with longitudinal slots D, and in said slots I pivot the triggers or dogs E, the rear ends of which are bent abruptly inward to provide the shoulders F, and are provided with the downwardlyturned lips or hooks G, which are adapted to engage with the sides of the baling-chamber to prevent the triggers or dogs passing too far into the chamber. To the outer side of the frame I secure the bars II, to which springs I I are attached, the said springs bearing upon the triggers or dogs to force them normally into the baling-chaniber. The power-lever J is pivoted in the front end of the press, and is connected with the plunger K by the pitinan Il. The plunger moves in the frame ot the press, and is provided at its rear ends at its sides with the recesses M, which receive the ends of the dogs or triggers E, when it has been forced inward t-o forni the bale. rIhe pit-man is pivoted to the front end of the plunger, and is provided at its front end with a casting N, which tits between the rear ends ot' the re-enforcing plates O, secured to the lever, and receives the pivot-pin I), which is passed vertically downward through the ends ot' the said re-enforcing plates and the end of the casting N. The re-enforcing plates are provided on their opposing faces with the ribs Q, substantially U or V shaped, which engage the similarly-shaped recesses or notches R in the end of the lever, so as to aid in holding the said plates in position, and also provide a wearing-surface adapted to receive the contact of the pitman when the lever has been carried to the limit of its stroke. These ribs and notches, by engaging in the manner described, eftectually prevent the reenforcing plates slipping upon the power-lever, and the said plates are consequently securely held to the lever, so as to strengthen and brace the saine at the point where the greatest strain is applied thereto. The kingbolt or fulcruni-pin is passed downward through the front end of the frame of the press, through the re-enforcing plates and the end of the lever to secure the lever in position.

the baling-chamber, and the lever is then carried around from side to side, causing the pitman to be oscillated, so as to reciprocate the plunger within the press. As the plunger is forced inward the hay will be compressed and pushed from the balingchainber. As the hay which has been formed into a bale leaves the baling-chainber t-he triggers or dogs will be forced into the baling-chalnber by the springs bearing thereon, so as to prevent the pressed material flying back into the balingchamber by reason of its expansion after the plunger has been withdrawn. The recesses in the end ot' the plunger allow the same to be forced inward to the full extent of its stroke without interfering with the action of the said dogs or triggers.

My improved press is very strong and durable, and is efficient in its operation. The reenforcing plates at the ends of the lever strengthen the same at the point where the greatest strain is applied thereto, and also reduce the wear of the parts by providing metal surfaces at all the points of contact.

Il'aving thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to 'secure by Letters Patent, is-n The combination, with the traine and the In practice the hay or cotton is placed in ICO plunger, of the pitman pivoted t0 the plunger, the casting secured tothe end of the pitman, the power-lever, the 11e-enforcing plates secured to the ends of the lever and having U or V shaped ribs on their opposing faces engaging recesses in the ends of the lever, the pivot-pin passed through the ends of the reenforeing plates and the casting secured to the pitman, and the king-bolt passed through ro the front end of the frame and through the 1e-enf0reing plates and the end of the lever, :ts specified..

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have heretoaxed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN VILLIAM HUNTER.

Witnesses W. T. HoDGEs, L. F. HALBERG. 

